Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act)
On 21 May, IMCO Members considered the draft report by Ms Christel Schaldemose (S&D) on the Digital Services Act (DSA).
The DSA's approach is to enhance consumers' online protection including new procedures to enable a prompt removal of illegal content. For this purpose, the Rapporteur considers pivotal to set clearer rules for liability of online marketplaces and a stricter timeframe for online platforms to assess notifications of illegal content, issued by users and to remove illegal content that has a very high impact and may pose a greater threat to society. The draft report contains general obligations for all online intermediary services and seeks to discipline online advertising by introducing enhanced transparency requirements. It proposes to turn off targeted advertising and allow consumers an easier opt-out. Special attention is also given to the strengthening of trader traceability as a tool for consumers to have a transparent online environment. The deadline for amendments is 1 July.